What is the "Ken Burns Baseball" of Hockey docs?

[tib2d2]

Is there anything of significance for the history of the NHL or hockey in North America in a documentary format that is on par with Ken Burns Baseball doc?

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[Bear of Bad News]

Has to be Charles Coleman's The Trail of the Stanley Cup book set.

EDIT: I was reading "doc" more broadly and was erroneously including print media.

 

[reckoning]

I think Hockey: A People's History was trying to do it, but was quickly forgotten after it first aired.

 

[Yozhik v tumane]

I’m Swedish, I haven’t seen his baseball documentary, but I think it would be hard to find hockey documentaries “on par” with something by Ken Burns.

Would however love to see an Adam Curtis take on how Sigmund Freud’s Canadian aunt’s theory on the psychology of violence, Ayn Rand, the Austrian School of Economics and PM Joe Clark’s spin doctors shaped the history of hockey as we know it.

 

[Hot Water Bottle]

How about Punched Out: The Derek Boogaard Story?

And if you'll consider "docudramas" (telling a true story using realistic re-creations), Net Worth (1995) is a great one about the formation of the NHLPA in the 1950s. The Rocket (2005) would be another one.

 

[MadLuke]

The documentary is I think an 11 parts (cut baseball in 10 era, one part by era plus an extra more general episode), 18.5 hous total runtime, 3 years+ to make project with a 3.5 millions (of 80s-early 90s) budget made by someone of Burns caliber.

The equivalent would try to cover all of hockey history.

 

[JackSlater]

I think Hockey: A People's History was trying to do it, but was quickly forgotten after it first aired.

Yeah that's likely what the creators were going for. Legends of Hockey to some degree as well.

 

[NyQuil]

Home Game with Ken Dryden is a bit dated but very good.



It’s not chronological but covers many aspects of hockey culture and the development system.

 

[CuuuJooo]

I think Hockey: A People's History was trying to do it, but was quickly forgotten after it first aired.

I still use that one in my class every year. It's almost 20 years old now (yikes!) but still holds up.

I also use the "The Big Money Game" episode of Ken Dryden's Home Game, which is even older; as the poster above mentioned, there's a lot there that still works despite its age (1990).

 

[Terrier]

I think of "Legends of Hockey", and as a New England hockey fan, here are a couple any fan might enjoy.

The History of the Boston Bruins - NESN.com

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